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StavrosNZ
Rear Admiral Joined: 24 October 2014 Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Points: 556 |
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I have used wet n forget on sails, all canvas work, GRP etc with no adverse effects.
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Stephen
2010 H400 #691, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Matt1
Rear Admiral Joined: 10 March 2019 Location: Hamble, UK Status: Offline Points: 664 |
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Ive never managed to successfully clean sails, or at least to make any discernible difference to their appearance. It's a bit like polishing a mast.....you can try lots of products and put a lot of effort in and it makes no difference
At best all I hope to do is hose off any salt accumulations. My FCL headsail has moldy batten pockets after only a few months. If it wasn't battened, I'd take the headsail off when I leave the boat
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Hanse 418 #64 EmBer. Hamble, UK
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Black Diamond
Vice Admiral Joined: 24 October 2015 Location: Newport, RI, US Status: Offline Points: 922 |
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Moldy sails, or "sails with measles" is a by product of laminated sails. They *SAY* they put biocides in the layers/adhesive, but it still happens. On my prior boat I went with hydranet sails. This is a woven cloth that you can use for radial cut sails. As its woven, you do *NOT* get mold or measles. Anything like that on the sail, you just scrub it off. Nothing is between the layers because there are none. On our 575, we went with Elvstrom molded EPEX/HPM sails. While laminated, there is something about the technology that seems to have prevented the mold/mildew problem (now in our 4th season). I was offered the FCL sails when we built the boat. I had heard bad things about them and decided to upgrade. |
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Rick
S/V Black Diamond Hanse 575 Build #192, Hull# 161 Newport, RI |
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